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good morning. it's monday, october 18th. i'm approximate trac patrice ha. it's time to get a check of our %-workweek. we start the new and meteorologist steve fertig is here. yesterday it was really gorgeous. >> we ot to 76 degrees. >> very nice, very nice indeed, today we start with cllud cover, not nice but seasonable. we are at 60 degrees downtown which is a lottwarmer than everyone else. everyone elss starting ú%mperatures in the 40ss wilmington, delaaare. 50 degrees there, and 46 in salisbury..3 increasing as we move into the affernoon and a distou distour s

bench is where we're headed or theelie. can expect the showers to move in a few minutes. right now here is candace dold with the raffic edgee >> reporter: good morning, steve. youuare taking a live look at mountain drive, you can see a few cars that have startinggto fill up the northbound stretch. as far as 95 a little bit down, we are in th the green from whitemarsh to the same speed to 83. taking on the west side 795 to 95, we're in the clear 12 minutes 55 miles pee hour there.

that's a look at the morning travels, p!! patrice, back overo you. thankkyou,,candace. 5:02 fox 45 early editton. baltimore police say one of their own was murdered because of a parking space. we have more on he murder of deteetive brian stephensons and the man accused of killing him. we are live wwth joel d smith in hours bbfore his birthday. good morning, joee railroads goo.>> reporter: good morning, patrice. it was in this private lot, it's %-was murder when a piece ofive concrete lying on the street was turned into a weapon. ú%ephen ssnnwws about to celebrate his birthday but the off duetoff-duty detective nevet to the club and a friend got

into an argument over a parking space. that led to james throwing a piece of concrete at his head temple. james and his girlfriend took off quickly after the fight but wereetracked down just as fast in a club inside of thh power on sunday, james was charged with first-degree murder. >> the city loses.ú we are losing a fantastic detectiie who works to make people safe in the city and lose his life in manner, it's juss senselesss senseless. >> what started was a fight, a fight over a parking spot? >> reporter: stevenson was an3 %-police department and worked n the city's northeast district. a friend and fellow officer did ttll us off camera that he was a funny guy, veey outgoing and a

mentor on the force. cooperation from the pubbic, ttey're happy about that, that helped them to track down james so quickly. when jail appears today, it toddy to find out how mmch his bail will be. james has been in trouble with the law before, back in july a woman filed a protective order against him. he was then charged with attempt rape, sex offenses and self imprisonment. he was released on bail and was set to go on trial in november. officer stephenson is the second officer to die in theú ssme month. fouler was a 31-year-old veteran of the force. the last city police officer to be murdered wws back in january of 2007. officer troy chesley was shot to

robbery while he was off-duty in northwestern baltimore. brandon grimes was sentenced to life in prisonnfor the death of officer griies. a deedily fire in southwest baltimore hhs neighbors questioning how long it took for help to arrive. the fire broke out late friday night on washington boulevard. inside of the house was 59 years old james white.ú a memorial with flowers, otes and bal balloons has been buildg for wise. neighbors saa they tried to help >> we went up the steps but it was like a big flames and a wall, i trred to cover my face with the my jacket but it was >> the closest fire company to the home was closed but that in ú% way had any impact on the

victim. meanwhile a three-alarm fire in north baltimore was so3 intense it caused part of a roof to break in. that fire broke out and luccily no one was hurr in that fire. poliie in anne arundel countt make a big mistake when they pronounce a woman dead who was actually alive. they even told her son she waa dead. ruth johnson in certify severna park home. they found her motionless in her bathroom home, she was blle, and decomposing odor about her. %-she was deaddbut did not check for a pulse. 30 minutes later the eeaminee arrived to removv the body and had a pulse and heard her mmve. sheeis now in hospice care.

some cadets with perfect test scores were accused of cheating but it turns out the instrrctor was recording perfect scores because he wws too lazy to grade thh test. now one cadet is suing the department because he says he was dismissed because he complained. the instructor has beee assigned to a different unit. it would allow a french company to buu constellation interests in a nuclear venture. cons tell station sayconstellatd share its interesttfor -1 million. company officials were planning to build the reactor in partnership with france's edf, but earlier they decided not to3 move forward with the project due to high cost.

the ravens traveled to foxborough to meet with the33 patriots. they eventually fell to the pats the ravens look very good early on and joe flacco threw two touch down passes ncluding one %-the patriot's quarterback one done yet. they lattr tied things up on a overtime. the ravens got the goal three times but couldn't iiagine to scoree and patriot's pitcher eventualll -- kicker eventually made the fielddgoal and the ravens lost, 53. >>we got a big win against buffalo and we go to work. >> no football games have ever been won on paper. i think we can win them all.

if you would have told me we were going to be safe, i would have yyu believed you. >> the raven's last gameeand the team faces buffalo bills at home, kickoff is scheduled foo 1:00. win or lose, this dog will always be rooting for the ravens, that's because he is maimed afttr the team.3 olivia from pasaddna sent us this picture. as has grown up through the yyars, his love for the team has ú%ver wavered. >> go to foxbaltimoreecom and click on the community features section. record crowds lined the streets saturday ffr baltimore's 10th annual running festival. more than 22,000 runners took part this year. assmyranda steppens reports, that's much different than the 7,000 who ran in the first year of the race a decade ago.

>> no traffic saturday morning. >> reporter: the morniig starts off slow at 33rd nd bar clay where herb sat patiently waiting for the action. >> i'mmwaiting for the runners to come by. >> reporter: it wasn't long first runner moved back. >> i think it's good and my teacherrsays it's good exercise. >> reporter: it's the tradition known assthe ball more running festival, a marathon now ú%e fist race took place on october 20th, 2001 whhn the entire nation as sttll ii shock from the september 11 attack but thousands of runners in3 baltimore pressed on. >> it was great to see hat people wanteddto get out and participate in sports and live their life. >> reporter: when the idea of many people didn't think it would work, but the first year they had 7,000 runners and this

year more than 22,000. >> it certainly has rown. i think significantly. they have different rrcess it's not just the full maaathon, it's a whole lot more. >> reporter: while the race has gone through any changes of cheering each other on.ú >> go. %p>> one of my runner buddies. >> reporter: will all remainn3 in place. >> it's reat. it'' almost as good as running it ourselves. [ laughter ] the two big winners of the marathon were 24 years old david from kenya, coming in at 2 hour 13 minutes 11 secondssand for the woman elena of the ukraine. she came at 2 hours and 18 woman's record last year. coming in on the early edition. another political rematch takes

center stage in maryland. >> thank you candidates. the first district congressional race do battle. >> we may nnt get up to 76 for the high like we did yysterdayy3 but whethhr we can expect plenny of sunshine coming your way, neet on fox 45 early edition. 3q

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sunday morning what a pretty weekend it was..3 partly cloudy skies, there's a wind out there and 70% relative humiddty and the baromeeer on the on rise. dew point is 37 which indicates it's pretty dry. 56 in d.c. and 46 in salisbury. 50 in hagerstown so scwenly ii thgenerallygenerally inthe uppe. ú% far as the hd raaar we got dry conditions out theee right now..3 most of the ddy should remain that way, in fact overnight

tonight we will seeemany of the showers make it toward us. some of the activity may move in our direction overnight tonight and skirt over the mor!northernt of the state. here is how much rainnwe are seeing during the overnight period and a quarter of an inch in baltimore. we are looking to .10 of an inch of rain for the overnight perioú and tuessay night into wednesday morning as well. here is one thing we are going to look at, cooler ir coming from the northhestt you see this rain moving in a llttle over after the midnight hour, toward the mason dixon line and into the norrhern part oo the state with the disturbance rolling through and the early morning, light showers out of that and hen the next frontal boundary is going to slide further east with the low pressure center. another disturbance but that would be chance for the southern part the state. high temperature todaa, in the

eastern shore, 68 degrees and mostly clear skies, winds out o3 the noothwest, 5--0 miles per hour. central part of the staae should get up to 58 degrees, with north to 5-10 miles per hour..3 67 degrees wwere it usually it cooler,,not going to be much cooler today, it will be about the same with partly cloudy skies, cloud cover, late afternoon and especially tonight. 49 degrees or the overnight low, late showers move in after the midnight hours, we were saying, winds out of tte northeast at 5-10 miles per hour. tomorrow, cooler still with the northerly flow and then weeget3 the other disturbanceethat may bring a shower, on wednesday, 64 degrees, warming up for a day on tuesday, 69 degrees with mostly clear skies and look for plenty of sunshine for friday and saturday, with a high of 60 and 64, cooler than seasonable, and 61 for the ravens day, and that will be thh temperature to kickoff with mostly cloudy skies. here is candace dold with the

traffic edge. candace. >> reporter: thank you, steve. as far as the mo monday mornings concerned, had issgoing to be a great one on the roadways. actual speeds for you.ng on the 55 miles mother hour on 95, traveling on the -- pe miles pee hour on 95, and 354..3 and let's take a live look and %-195 you can sse a calm commute and 1 or 2 cars there up toward the beltway, in fact, we're in the green. as for the beltway, nothing to ú%mpllin about on the southwest corridor and up to the triple bridges.3 the ooter loop lanes and inner loop starting to see the volume that is really accumulating but no incidents to report. that is going to be the same deal scooting through pikessille, towaad the jfx and eventually the harrisburg expressway. as for 83, moving through baltimore county, there's

nothing to annoy you, let's take a look at shawaa road, you can see thaa is open, northbound lanes and nnrthbound toward harford. that's a look at the morning commute. patrice, back over to you. the recession taking the toll on the marriage rate. why many are deciding against tying the knot. thank you, can h candidates. >> it's redible versss harris, the issues the candidates3 debated during a weekend ú%eting. the time is 5:19. martin o'malley -- he's taxing me like i'm rich.

every time i go to the grocery store, i pay a little more. college tuition in maryland is going up. my utilities are going up... but o'malley would raise our taxes even more. jobs are leaving our state. will my daughters find jobs here? frankly, in this economy... i have no more to give. bob ehrlich -- he won't tax us like we're rich. he'll say no to things we can't afford -- just like we do at home. bob ehrlich -- because we can do better. ♪

bob ehrlich -- because we can do better. congressional ace the two main candidatee are no strangers for debate. they both ran for the same seat before and now they're at it ú%ain. frank vatville and andy harris met at a high school, and therr was much bantering and bickering. >> watching yard signs of %-outside.oters line the streets >> i'm inspired by pelosi, reid and obama. >> reporter: martin uupects -epublican andy harris, it's a vote against the current democrat controlled congress. >> how to control spendiig and

trillion dollarr deficit. >> eporter: on the other side. frank crat kratovil. >> i think he is somebody that thinks about each issue independently. >> reporter:: it's aaface-off on two well known candidates that faccd off beforr on the same issues. >> our deficit and something that we're are focuseddon. >> reporter: both say that congress must prioritize spending. >> they have to make decisions over programs, and choose ver one over the other and debate them. in congress that doesn't happen. what happens is they end up funding them both. >> that's the problem, he is one of we, theyyend up funding everything. >> i think you should come to this country legally like myú parents came. >> we need to focus on employment. i have a bill that will increase ú%nalties from employers who are knowingly violatiin the law. mr. kratovil your ads have

bben called phony by the capital and they have been fol called py >> his ads are called despicable..3 >> reporter: there's two other candidates in the race, one independent. >> we've got to get together and cross party lines and talk. >> reporter: one beener >> i'm one whose pumper stickers you don't see. >> reporter: but it waa clear that the it was saved for familiar folk. melinda roder, fox 45 morningg3 news. this was the onny scheduled3 deeate that includeeall four candidates. it was hosted by the women's league of

the reeession has changed the way ammriccns think aboot marriage. the census shows the number of youug adults choosing not to marry has surpassed the number of married, 34 to 35 years old. as kristtn explains, many of he couples hat are marrying are moving to protect their assets. >> reporter: we first introduccd you sally gibson 183 monthh ago and found outbreaking up really is hard to do. sally and her husband off15 years were getting a divorce but still living under one roof. >> my husband lives in the guest room. he comes home on wednesday night early to have dinner with the comes home late to give me my space. so it's not perfect. it's been difficult..3 for two divorce attorneys piled ú% the couple split to a less situation with the house wasn't as simple.

>> right now there's 20 houses on the market in town that are in our price range and they're no buyers. so my broker has pretty much prepared me that the house is going to sit for quite a while. remaining financially sound meant remaining under the same roof as her ex-husband, but for ú%me gettiig the divorce even an %-57% of attorneys polled repord fewer divorces during the %-for a full year before decidig emotion trumped finances. >> it was a very diificult time. ii was a very emotional time an3 -e made the decision to sell the house, and it could have easily sat on the market for a year and - didn't want to put my kids through that, because it was tough enough. so i price it had to sell, and we sold the houss righttaway, and i'm not going to lie, lost a lot of money and that hurt. >> repooter: sally started over changing back to hee maiden named.

she down sized and starttd her own business, as an interior designer out of hee home. p> i'm working with all of my clients who are divorced for separated so it's kind of nice to work with ppople that understand my circumstances. >> reporter: if there's a silverrlining for sally and hhr homeein their new home. p> we spend a lot of time together because of fear of securey of places to go to. the landmark celebrates a how druid ark celebrates 100 yeers in the city. >> reporter: i'm joel smith, in